Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
 Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
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Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:
http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features. I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria. EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks.
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Apr 1 2011, 08:01 PM
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As of 2554, we've almost made it to the stretch of bedrock, and we can see more of the rim of Endeavour again:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2554 A bit farther and we'll get a closeup look at the "darkened terrain" mhoward pointed out a long time ago. |
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Apr 1 2011, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 1 2011, 10:01 PM)  A bit farther and we'll get a closeup look at the "darkened terrain" mhoward pointed out a long time ago. Just one more 100m drive and we might already see examples of that dark terrain. 
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Apr 1 2011, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 1 2011, 02:34 PM) Just one more 100m drive and we might already see examples of that dark terrain. Hooray! Whether or not it's anything interesting, what a rush to finally be here. |
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ElkGroveDan Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
vikingmars QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 8 2011, 04:35 PM... Feb 8 2011, 11:53 PM
SFJCody I can see them making a beeline. I think the path ... Feb 9 2011, 01:35 AM Stu Members who can't access HiRISE images via the... Feb 9 2011, 06:53 AM ElkGroveDan There is an open topic on the Geomorphology of Cap... Feb 9 2011, 05:08 PM Oersted No big scientific musings here, I just have to say... Feb 9 2011, 11:55 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Oersted @ Feb 9 2011, 06:55 PM) ..... Feb 10 2011, 01:02 AM Oersted We agree. It is totally different from what we hav... Feb 10 2011, 09:12 AM marsophile I would guess the MER team would want to get to En... Feb 10 2011, 05:20 PM djellison Opportunity, being more equatorial than Spirit, ha... Feb 11 2011, 02:31 AM marsophile A late summer or fall dust storm could always make... Feb 11 2011, 03:55 AM djellison Indeed - such an event occurred just before ingres... Feb 11 2011, 06:51 AM eoincampbell Might the rover drivers forego the climb of ... Feb 19 2011, 06:42 PM Drkskywxlt Per Ray Arvidson at LPSC, Opportunity will start d... Mar 9 2011, 08:31 PM Stu Some musings on the road ahead for Oppy...
http:/... Mar 16 2011, 02:02 PM Tesheiner Your blog is always a pleasant reading, Stu, and I... Mar 16 2011, 02:47 PM pgrindrod It's going to be a pretty flat ride!
Mar 17 2011, 09:41 AM Burmese And an overall downward slope the rest of the way ... Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM serpens QUOTE (Burmese @ Mar 17 2011, 07:33 PM) A... Mar 18 2011, 02:16 AM djellison QUOTE (serpens @ Mar 17 2011, 07:16 PM) H... Mar 18 2011, 06:26 AM SFJCody 2542 is a driving sol... Mar 19 2011, 09:42 AM Tesheiner QUOTE (SFJCody @ Mar 19 2011, 10:42 AM) 2... Mar 19 2011, 09:04 PM fredk QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Mar 19 2011, 10:04 PM)... Mar 19 2011, 10:07 PM brellis ET, thanks in advance for your ongoing efforts... Mar 17 2011, 10:22 PM Roby72 I´m just curious - is it possible for Oppy to driv... Mar 19 2011, 12:22 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Roby72 @ Mar 19 2011, 08:22 AM) I´... Mar 19 2011, 12:46 PM brellis The scope of Cape York is kinda amazing to conside... Mar 19 2011, 06:21 PM centsworth_II Well... Victoria Crater big, anyway.
So to exam... Mar 19 2011, 07:03 PM fredk QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Mar 19 2011, 08:03... Mar 19 2011, 07:41 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 19 2011, 03:41 PM) ...... Mar 19 2011, 08:41 PM ngunn QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 19 2011, 07:41 PM) str... Mar 19 2011, 09:44 PM Phil Stooke Regarding the destination on Endeavour's rim..... Mar 21 2011, 03:40 PM Drkskywxlt Phil...if I remember correctly from a couple weeks... Mar 21 2011, 05:13 PM fredk How could Oppy climb up somewhere that she couldn... Mar 21 2011, 05:33 PM Phil Stooke "Phil...if I remember correctly"
Yes, y... Mar 21 2011, 06:59 PM algorimancer Strictly in terms of topography, my target of choi... Mar 21 2011, 07:46 PM Tesheiner This is music to my ears.
Scott Maxwell tweeted:
... Mar 22 2011, 07:00 AM ElkGroveDan Buckle up kids. Has everyone used the restroom? Le... Mar 22 2011, 01:47 PM jvandriel Next stop seen on Sol 2543 with the L2 Pancam.
Ja... Mar 22 2011, 03:58 PM climber QUOTE (jvandriel @ Mar 22 2011, 04:58 PM)... Mar 22 2011, 08:06 PM djellison I have this catastrophically unhealthy urge to sho... Mar 22 2011, 05:04 PM BrianL Shotgun! Mar 22 2011, 06:00 PM volcanopele As a generally passive observer of Opportunity... Mar 22 2011, 08:22 PM Astro0 As another well known backseat driver would always... Mar 22 2011, 09:55 PM eoincampbell I back the wind too, c'mon wind, g'luck Op... Mar 23 2011, 04:54 AM brellis It continues to amaze me that Endeavour is almost ... Mar 23 2011, 11:15 AM Stu QUOTE (brellis @ Mar 23 2011, 11:15 AM) I... Mar 24 2011, 04:48 PM belleraphon1 Great ride so far and the best is yet to come... Mar 23 2011, 12:00 PM hendric Like a leaf in the wind! Mar 23 2011, 04:37 PM Stu http://astropoetry.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/museum... Mar 23 2011, 07:42 PM ElkGroveDan As noted previously I have been attempting to coin... Mar 24 2011, 05:36 PM Arkarch QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 24 2011, 09:36 A... Mar 24 2011, 05:46 PM DFinfrock QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 24 2011, 05:36 P... Mar 24 2011, 10:26 PM Nomadd22 QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 24 2011, 01:36 P... Mar 26 2011, 06:14 PM nprev "OMG!!! Are those, like, you know... Mar 25 2011, 03:44 AM CosmicRocker RE: Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York Mar 25 2011, 06:17 AM Stu
Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce... Mar 26 2011, 12:31 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 26 2011, 04:31 AM) Ladie... Mar 26 2011, 01:52 PM Tesheiner And the navcam thumbnails pointing south.
Flat ... Mar 26 2011, 01:11 PM Stu Imaginary HiRISE view of Oppy's departure, bas... Mar 26 2011, 02:24 PM ElkGroveDan You realize of course, we are now going to expect ... Mar 26 2011, 02:31 PM Stu I'll do it for every meteorite we stop at... ... Mar 26 2011, 02:37 PM Stu Sigh... ***hate*** it when the image pipeline drie... Mar 28 2011, 08:30 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 28 2011, 01:30 AM) Sigh.... Mar 28 2011, 01:23 PM Stu Best I can do with what's available...
Mar 28 2011, 10:49 AM Stu I know, I know... and I'm not being ungrateful... Mar 28 2011, 01:27 PM Art Martin There wasn't a photographer on the Columbus tr... Mar 28 2011, 01:46 PM Stu Closer view...
Mar 28 2011, 05:52 PM brellis One thing missing in the comparison to the SF Vall... Mar 28 2011, 07:44 PM fredk Exploratorium's back!
http://qt.explorator... Mar 28 2011, 07:57 PM Stu ...and how...!
Mar 28 2011, 08:05 PM Stu Rough 'n ugly Santa Maria departure panorama..... Mar 28 2011, 09:31 PM mhoward Fond farewell... Mar 28 2011, 09:49 PM eoincampbell Maybe it's because we're on the road again... Mar 28 2011, 11:25 PM Stu Rodrigo de Escobar...
... and in 3D...
http://... Mar 28 2011, 11:43 PM Phil Stooke Mhoward's farewell pan in circular form...
Ph... Mar 29 2011, 12:55 AM mhoward I wanted a desktop version. 100 degree field of vi... Mar 29 2011, 01:55 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (mhoward @ Mar 28 2011, 06:55 PM) (... Mar 29 2011, 04:41 AM Astro0 A colourised version for good measure....goodbye S... Mar 29 2011, 04:21 AM paxdan Looks like the twin peaks and yogi from pathfinder... Mar 29 2011, 02:14 PM stevesliva QUOTE (paxdan @ Mar 29 2011, 10:14 AM) Lo... Mar 29 2011, 08:34 PM fredk There was discussion a while ago of a low region j... Mar 31 2011, 04:09 PM Stu Another "not claiming it's accurate, it... Mar 31 2011, 04:09 PM DFinfrock QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 31 2011, 05:09 PM) it... Mar 31 2011, 10:26 PM mhoward I like this area as well.
P.S. Nice, Stu, ver... Mar 31 2011, 07:19 PM Stu Animated those changes Fred, thanks again for poin... Mar 31 2011, 11:21 PM Poolio QUOTE (Scott Maxwell)At my instigation, we're ... Apr 1 2011, 10:16 PM Sunspot hmmm a cryptic tweet
QUOTE At my instigation, we... Apr 1 2011, 10:17 PM djellison If you look at the kapton cable wrapping - that FR... Apr 1 2011, 10:51 PM Astro0 Well Oppy's back in Maxwell-motion mode again.... Apr 2 2011, 03:05 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Astro0 @ Apr 1 2011, 08:05 PM) Wel... Apr 2 2011, 04:20 AM eoincampbell Thanks for those updates here, just good to know (... Apr 2 2011, 05:36 AM Astro0 I think Scott's talking about the JPL logo on ... Apr 2 2011, 05:41 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (mhoward @ Apr 1 2011, 03:05 PM) ..... Apr 2 2011, 05:50 AM Hungry4info On the topic of the kapton tape peeling, I threw t... Apr 2 2011, 06:29 AM nprev I have little love for kapton. It's very good ... Apr 2 2011, 06:56 AM Stu Climbing up out of the local "dip"... Th... Apr 2 2011, 01:06 PM |
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